ITextView.GetTextElementSpan Method
Gets the SnapshotSpan of text that constitutes a text element (a single visual representation) at the given SnapshotPoint.
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.UI.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function GetTextElementSpan ( _
point As SnapshotPoint _
) As SnapshotSpan
SnapshotSpan GetTextElementSpan(
SnapshotPoint point
)
SnapshotSpan GetTextElementSpan(
SnapshotPoint point
)
abstract GetTextElementSpan :
point:SnapshotPoint -> SnapshotSpan
function GetTextElementSpan(
point : SnapshotPoint
) : SnapshotSpan
Parameters
- point
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.SnapshotPoint
The SnapshotPoint in the text snapshot at which to get the text element.
Return Value
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.SnapshotSpan
A SnapshotSpan containing the bounds of the text element.
Exceptions
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentException | point is from the wrong ITextBuffer. |
Remarks
A text element may be a UTF-16 surrogate pair, consisting of a high surrogate character and a low surrogate character. If a point in the text buffer lies between a high surrogate character and a low surrogate character, the text element span will start at the high surrogate character and end at the low surrogate character.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.